Army Cadet Lesson List

The purpose of this document is to summarise the lessons and training available within the Army Section of the CCF or the Army Cadet Force. The extent to which you will be able to undertake this training is dependant on the infrastructure and qualifications of training staff within your unit. These lessons link directly to the relevant training syllabus.

Fieldcraft and Tactics

Fieldcraft

Fieldcraft lessons form the backbone of Army Cadet training and can be conducted by any suitably knowledgable CFAV or Cadet who has been trained in Cadet Force Instructional Techniques.

Description	Duration
Lesson 1 – Preparation And Packing Of Personal Equipment	40 mins
Lesson 2 – Administration In The Field	40 mins
Lesson 2A – Maintaining Clothing And Equipment	40 mins
Lesson 2B – Maintaining Standards Of Personal Hygiene	40 mins
Lesson 2C – Feeding In The Field	40 mins
Lesson 3 – The Two Man Shelter	2 x 40 mins
Lesson 4 – Why Things Are Seen	40 mins
Lesson 5 – Personal Camouflage And Concealment	40 mins
Lesson 6 – Observation	40 mins
Lesson 7 – Judging Distance	40 mins
Lesson 7A – Judging Distance By Unit Of Measure	40 mins
Lesson 7B – Judging Distance By Appearance	40 mins
Lesson 7C – Aids To Judging Distance	40 mins
Lesson 8 – Indication Of Targets	40 mins
Lesson 9 – Range Cards	2 x 40 mins
Lesson 10 – Duties Of A Sentry	2 x 40 mins
Lesson 11 – Moving With Or Without Personal Weapons	2 x 40 mins
Lesson 12 – Field Signals	30 mins
Lesson 13 – Elementary Obstacle Crossing	40 mins
Lesson 14 – Selecting A Route Across Country	2 x 40 mins
Lesson 15 – Introduction To Night Training	40 mins
Lesson 16 – Elementary Night Movement	40 mins
Lesson 17 – Stalking	2 x 40 mins
Lesson 18 – Reaction To Fire Control Orders	40 mins
Lesson 19 – Keeping Direction At Night	2 x 40 mins
Lesson 20 – Individual Fire And Movement (F&M)	2 x 40 mins
Lesson 21 – Operating As A Member Of A Fire Team And Section	3 x 40 mins
Lesson 22 – Issuing Fire Control Orders (FCO)	40 mins

Tactics

Description	Duration
Section 1 -Tactical Principles And Leadership	N/A
Section 1A – Tactical Principles	N/A
Section 1B – Leadership	N/A
Section 2 – Organisation And Grouping	N/A
Section 3 – Patrolling	N/A
Section 3A – Planning and Preparation	N/A
Section 3B – Conduct	N/A
Section 4 – Patrol Harbours	N/A
Section 5 – Defence And Delay Operations	N/A
Section 6 – Observation Posts (OPs)	N/A
Section 7 – Ambushes	N/A
Section 7A – Organisation	N/A
Section 7B – Planning and Preparation	N/A
Section 7C – Conduct	N/A
Section 8 – The Attack	N/A
Section 8A – Principles	N/A
Section 8B – Fire and Movement (F&M)	N/A
Section 8C – Hasty Attack: Section Battle Drills	N/A
Section 8D – Hasty Attack: Platoon Battle Drills	N/A
Section 8E – The Deliberate Attack	N/A
Section 8F – Advance to Contact	N/A
Section 9 – Battle Procedure, Functional Grouping And Orders	N/A
Section 10 – Training In Woods And Forests (TIWAF)	N/A
Section 10A – Offensive Operations	N/A
Section 10B – Defence and Delay Operations	N/A
Section 11 – Training In Built Up Areas (TIBUA)	N/A
Section 11A – Offensive Operations	N/A
Section 11B – Defensive Operations	N/A

Miscellaneous Lessons

Description	Duration
Ranks and Badges of Rank	30 mins
Army Structure — Arms and Services	30 mins
CCF Chain of Command	30 mins
CCF — Selection and Initial Training in the Regular Army	30 mins
Leadership Development: Logical Problem Solving	30 mins
Leadership Development: Logical Problem Solving	2 x 30 mins
Leadership Development: Logical Problem Solving	2 x 30 mins
Orders	4 x 30 mins

Drill

Drill can be conducted by any suitably knowledgable CFAV or Cadet who has been trained in Cadet Force Instructional Techniques, however to increase personal competence attendance on a drill course can be arranged by your unit or Brigade.

Description	Duration
Introduction to Turnout	30 mins
Aim and Purpose of Drill and Basic Movements.	30 mins
Attention, Stand at Ease and Stand Easy	30 mins
Turnings at the Halt	30 mins
Compliments – Reasons and Origin	30 mins
Saluting to the Front	30 mins
Introduction to Marching	30 mins
Marching and Halting in Quick Time	30 mins
Forming up in 3 Ranks and Getting on Parade	30 mins
Open and Close Order	30 mins
Dismissing and Falling Out	30 mins
Saluting on the March – Eyes Right and Left	30 mins
Wheeling in Quick Time	30 mins
Changing Step in Quick Time	30 mins
Marking Time in Quick Time	30 mins
About turn in quick time	30 mins
Left and right turns on the march	30 mins
Parading and Inspecting a Squad, Moving it Off and Falling it Out.	2 x 30 mins
Drill Revision and Practice	4 hrs
Attention, Stand at Ease and stand easy and change arms from the shoulder	30 mins
Slope arms from the shoulder and Shoulder Arms from the Slope	30 mins
Ground arms from the slope and Take up arms from the ground arms	30 mins
Present arms from the slope / slope arms from the present	30 mins
Saluting at the halt (slope arms) and saluting on the march (slope arms)	30 mins
Definitions, words of command and directing flanks	30 mins

Skill at Arms

Skill at Arms (SAA) lessons listed here must only be conducted by a qualified SAA instructor who is themselves current (passed a WHT within 6 months) in the weapon system they are instructing. Cadet are only permitted to conduct supervised practice periods with the Cadet GP rifle in accordance with the training pamphlet and providing they have been suitably trained.

L98A2 Cadet GP Rifle

Description	Duration
Rifle Lesson 1: General Description, Safety and the Sights	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 2: Stripping and Assembling	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 3: Basic Handling Drills	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 4: Cleaning and Maintenance	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 5: Holding and Aiming in the Prone Position	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 6: Firing in the Prone Position	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 7: Firing Drills	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 8: Firing from Other Positions and use of Cover	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 9: Mechanism, Immediate Action and Stoppage Drills	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 10: Aiming Off and Miss Drill	40 mins
Rifle Lesson 11: Carriage of the Weapon and Reaction to Effective Enemy Fire.	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 12: Firing at Crossing and Multiple Targets	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 13: Boresighting the Rifle with Iron Sight	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 14: Zeroing the Rifle with Iron Sight	2x 40 mins
Rifle Lesson 15: The Sub Calibre Adaptor L41A1 – Rimfire	2x 40 mins
Practice Period: Rifle Lessons 1 to 4	3x 40 mins
Practice Period: Rifle Lessons 5 to 8	2x 40 mins
Practice Period: Rifle Lessons 9 to 12	2x 40 mins

Cadet Target Rifle

Description	Duration
General Description, Safety, Bipod, Slings and Sights	2x 30 mins
Fitting the Sling and Rifle Cleaning	30 mins
Sight Setting, Load, Unload, Misfires & Safe Handling	2x 30 mins
Adjusting the Rifle, Handling Ammunition and the User Log Book	30 mins
Mechanism of the Rifle	30 mins
Practice Period – Lessons 1, 2 3 and 4	40 mins

First Aid

An instructor may take periods of first aid only when qualified in accordance with current policy. County First Aid Training Officers (CFATOs) are able to advise on current policy, which is published by the Army Cadet National First Aid Adviser and available on Westminster.

Description	Duration
Heart Start 1	30 mins
Heart Start 2	30 mins
Heart Start 3	30 mins
Heart Start 4	30 mins
CASSAID (Basic 1)	30 mins
CASSAID (APC)	2 x 30 mins
CASSAID (APC)	2 x 30 mins
CASSAID (APC)	2 x 30 mins
CASSAID (APC)	2 x 30 mins
Keeping Safe and Warm	30 mins
Youth First Aid (Provided the above lessons have already been taught	8 hrs
Basic First Aid 1 (Emergency Life Support)	3 hrs
Basic First Aid 2 (Basic First Aid)	3 hrs
Basic First Aid 3 (Emergency Life Support)	2 hrs
Activity First Aid	8 hrs
Activity First Aid (Top Up Modules)	2 hrs

Navigation

National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS)

Any qualified adult instructor may instruct and assess cadets in the APC navigation syllabus. However, although ACF two-star navigation is aligned to a National Navigation Awards Scheme (NNAS) bronze award, this award may only be made when both the instructor and the assessor are approved and registered by NNAS, through the Army Cadet National Navigation Adviser. Similarly, CCF cadets may only earn NNAS awards when they have been taught and assessed by approved and registered instructors.

Description	Duration
Introduction to Maps	30 mins
Indentifying Handrails & Map Orientation	30 mins
Using Handrails, Map Orientation and Position	30 mins
Generic Map Symbols, Collecting and Catching Features	2 x 30 mins
Estimating Distance using Grids	30 mins
6-Figure Grid References	30 mins
Estimating Distance and Timing	2 x 30 mins
Ground Shape: Map and Ground	2 x 30 mins
Prominent Features: Map and Ground	2 x 30 mins
Orientating Using Prominent Features on the Ground	30 mins
Orientating a Map using a Compass	30 mins
Checking the Direction of Handrails with an Orientated Map	2 x 30 mins
Access in the Outdoors	30 mins
Planning a Route and Implimenting a Route Plan	2 x 30 mins

Cadet Force Instructional Techniques (CFIT)

A requirement for all new CFAVs and for Cadet NCOs, the CFIT package forms the basis of instruction in the Cadet Forces.

Description	Duration
Introduction to Cadet Forces Instructional Techniques	N/A
Introduction to Planning and Preparing Training	N/A
Introduction to Delivering Training and Assessing Cadets’ Performance	N/A
Introduction to Evaluating Training and Identifying Improvements	N/A
Introduction and Planing & Preparing a Lesson	N/A
Delivery, Assessment and Evaluation of Skills Lessons	N/A
Instructional Techniques	N/A
Planning & Preparing Training	N/A
Delivering Effective Training	N/A
Assessing Cadets’ Performance and Evaluating Training	N/A

Signals

With the introduction of the new PRC 710 cadet radio, came the introduction of a new cadet signals syllabus. For more information on the training and progressions, you can visit the Cadet Signals website.

Cadet CIS (Basic)

Instruction and assessment may be conducted by any competent CFAV.

Description	Teaching Periods
Use the NATO phonetic alphabet	1
Have an understanding of Date Time Groups (DTG) and the 24-hour clock	1
Assessment	1

Cadet CIS (1 Star)

Instruction and assessment may be conducted by a CIS Basic Instructor as a minimum. This gives the cadet a knowledge of intra-Section (within the section) communications.

Description	Teaching Periods
Security – COIL	1
Security Classifications	1
Have a knowledge of the development of military communications including semaphore and morse	2
Be able to setup and use a PRC 343, Personal Role Radio (PRR)	1
Send a single message on a simple net	1
Practical session and assessment	2

Cadet CIS Radio User (2 Star)

Instruction and assessment may be conducted by a CIS Basic Instructor as a minimum. This gives the cadet a knowledge of inter-Section (with other sections) communications.

Description	Teaching Periods
Security and callsigns	1
Aids to accuracy	1
Discipline	1
Basic radio net and establishing communications	1
Introduction to the PRC 710 VHF section level radio	1
PRC 710 practical sessions	1
‘No play’	1
Voice procedure practical exercise	2
Calling and answering	1
Corrections and repetitions	1
Practical exercise	2
Written assessment	1

Cadet CIS (3 Star)

Instruction and assessment may be conducted by a CIS Intermediate Instructor as a minimum. This gives the cadet a knowledge of Platoon level communications.

Establish communications using field cable and telephones

Understand the advantages and disadvantages of line compared to other communications systems

Set up, apply a channel and use a PRC 715

Safely erect the 5.4m mast and understand the principles behind VHF Antennas and Propagation

Cadet CIS Signaller (4 Star)

Instruction and assessment may be conducted by a CIS Intermediate Instructor as a minimum.This gives the cadet a knowledge of Company level communications.

Know and understand the need for Communication Security (COMSEC)

Understand the basic operation of the PRC 720, and HF radio nets

Plan and prepare a cable route, including the crossing of obstacles

Maintain and repair cable systems to ensure reliable communications

Safely erect the 12m mast and understand the principles of HF Antennas and Propagation